释义 |
conservationistcon‧ser‧va‧tion‧ist /ˌkɒnsəˈveɪʃənɪst $ ˌkɑːnsər-/ noun [countable] - And that's the problem facing conservationists who are trying to discover where the dormice are.
- But conservationists said words must be backed by actions.
- By the early 1980s the Commission had been coming under increasingly severe criticism from conservationists and others.
- Despite extensive plans by the consortium for landscaping, the conservationists claim the dump would turn into an eyesore.
- So conservationists hope they can preserve the area's outstanding natural beauty and cater for the tourists too.
- That alarmed the conservationists while failing to satisfy the engineers.
- This would pose historians and conservationists with a dilemma.
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